P.C.B._Newington
Philip Campbell Beatson Newington (1888–1964) was the author of a cookery book celebrating Malaysian food, something he conceived while starving as a prisoner of war at the Sime Road Camp in Singapore between 1942 and 1945.[1][2] During his incarceration, Newington founded a Gourmet Club, Good Food, for him and his fellow prisoners; the club celebrated, in precise detail, cooking and eating imaginary meals.[3][4] A book of his experience and the recipes remembered and created, Good Food, was published in 1947.[5] Always curious of the culture of his adopted home he was, before and after World War II, a contributor to journals on his experiences of local customs.[6][7][8]